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Yet again, Andrew found himself in the bar. If the circumstances had been any different, he might think he was turning into a lush, or at least giving the appearance of one. Of course, Milliways wasn't exactly what he'd call a typical bar.

The place tugged at him, like some invisible tether hooked in the back of his mind. Even when he couldn't fathom a reason to be there, there he was. It was probably a good thing that Sam couldn't come over, too, as he'd likely never leave.

This day, Andrew was seated at the bar with a turkey and swiss on rye. He was wearing a burgundy t-shirt proclaiming that he was a "Pepper." Interestingly enough, he was drinking Coke, not Dr. Pepper, in spite of of this.

As always, he was people-watching, and not at all adverse to interesting or familiar company.

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"Hullo Raph, decide to abandon the monochromatic scheme?" Ace grins as she sets her empty mug on the bar.
"Love, a refill?" The mug is filled with cocoa once more. "Ta." She pats the Bar.

Andrew looked up to reply, but unfortunately had a mouthful of turkey sandwich. He made a muffled reply and held up one finger as he finished chewing a swallowed his food. After a quick gulp of Coke, he could answer properly.

"Hi, I'm Andrew," he said with a smile, extending his hand. "I just look like Raph."

Blink. Blinkblink, blink.

It's the ready smile that settles it. She shakes Andrew's hand firmly.

"Sorry 'bout that. M'Ace. You new here then?" Her own grin is friendly enough.

Yes, it was likely that the overall demeanor was more differentiating than Andrew and Raph's eye color. Raph was a little like Andrew's negative... dark where he was light.

"Yeah, pretty new. This is my... fourth time here? No, wait. Fifth. Something like that." Andrew laughed. "Have you been here long?" He took another bite of his sandwich (smaller this time) and chewed patiently.

"Oh, months now... 'bout half a year, bar time. Of course, I was Bound for a good portion of that time, so it's not as impressive as it might be." She slurps her cocoa - Milliways cocoa fixes everything. "I'm guessing you're not then. Bound, I mean."

"No, thankfully. My girlfriend can't come over, so I think I'd be very unhappy if I weren't able to see her." He'd likely start to resemble Raph a lot more, were that to occur. "Where and when are you from?"

"Originally, England, 1980's. But then I did a good deal of bouncing about in time and space, so it doesn't matter quite so much. Now, I'm here. Pretty much all the time." Mostly because London's just a little too normal and she has no desire to take another space walk.

"That's not too far off from me, then. I'm 2004, from Jersey," Andrew remarked, and took another sip of his soda. "You know, there is definitely something about this place that makes me want to keep coming back. Does that happen to everyone?"

"Eh." She shrugs. "I hated it here the first few weeks. I know some people have trouble dealing. Some people don't like it here because Security busts their git arses. But for the most part people like it here. It's a second chance."

"A second chance," Andrew echoed, with a nod, and seemed to drift into a short reverie, his sandwich held just before his mouth. At length, he took a bite and then turned back to Ace. "How d'you know Raph?" he asked by way of small talk, but tried to not be too rude in talking with his mouth full.

"He's on Security with my husband. He helped when we thought Tim was dead... and he taught me how to hit things. Always useful to know." The grin might be a bit scary.

Andrew's smile was somewhat wary as he watched Ace's grin. "Yes, I imagine Raph is pretty good at hitting things. I've never seen him in action, but he, uh... yeah." He gave a polite cough, because he was straying into dangerous territory, and it was best to just not go there at all or he'd be one of the things Raph was hitting.

"Yeah, goes with the ninja thing. I'm not really good at the hitting - more into explosives." Understatement of the millenium. "What do you do?"

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*Penny comes out from the kitchen and sees a Raph doing on Raph things in a silly tshirt... She walks over.*

Hey! You got a name or do I just call you NotRaph?

*she smiles*

Andrew grinned, and offered his hand, because he was a gentleman like that. "Andrew is fine, although you can call me Flower if you want to," he quipped.

*she took his hand and shook it.*

"Hey Andrew, I'm Penny"

*she giggles.*

You don't look like a skunk, you look like me ex-boyfriend, but I was warned.

"Penny?" Andrew's eyes went wide, and immediately he chastized himself for flirting. You don't flirt with this one, Largeman! This one has a very scary boyfriend who will put you in traction!

After a quick glance around, he added, "Your current boyfriend isn't around, is he?"

*she laughs*

No, Ares hasn't been around for a while. Besides he tends to be lenient as far as my friends go. With exception to Raph. I don't know what Raph told you but Ares is usually well behaved.

Andrew leaned closer to Penny, as if speaking in confidence. "He scared me," he replied, and then laughed. "A lot."

You're doing it again. Stop it!

Oh? He means well.

*she grins*

Andrew nodded, and took a drink from his Coke. "Yeah. I like him, but I think maybe I'm biased." He chuckled, and then remembered his manners and motioned to the bar. "I'm sorry, can I get you something?"

Well, I know I'm biased, so I understand. But, he's a good guy. He's gotten me through a lot, that's for damn sure.

*she sighs*

Yeah, a coke would be nice. Thanks.

"We've been getting along pretty well so far, I think. I'd kinda like to talk to him again, he seems interesting. Apart from the whole turtle thing, even," Andrew grinned. He ordered Penny a Coke, and motioned to it.

"I'm glad you're not a Pepsi drinker," he remarked.

He is interesting. The turtle thing isn't really interesting. Have you met any of his family?

*she grinned back*

Pepsi, no I prefer Coke. As everyone should.

"I met Mike the other day, and his elephant," Andrew smiled, and then chuckled at the memory. "The good news is that she likes me. So much so, she fell asleep on me." Another gulp of the obviously superior Coke. "It's funny how siblings can be so different. I'm an only child, so I don't really have a frame of reference for that, but I think it's safe to say that Mike is about as different from Raph as you can get. You have to wonder how that happened."